FINDING HISTORY OF USS WISCONSIN BB-9

It’s funny how things happen. In May, 2002, I noted an entry in the guest log of our world-famous website from a woman in Ishpeming, a small city in the upper peninsula of Michigan. Her name was Judy Conrad and it seems that she had purchased some items at an estate sale in the nearby city of Marquette. One of the items was a sterling silver pitcher inscribed: “From The Ward Room Mess – USS Wisconsin”.